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A. W. WHITE.

BELT BUCKLE.

APPLICATION man MAY 14. 1918.

1,319,547, Patented Oct. 21,1919.

ADELAIDE W. WHITE, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

BELT-BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

Application filed May 14, 1918. Serial No. 234,377.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADELAIDE W. WHITE, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented newand useful Improvements in Belt-Buckles, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in belt buckles, the object being to produce a light, strong and durable buckle in which the ends of the belt may be easily and quickly adjusted to various girths without liability of accidental loosening.

Another object is to construct the buckle so as to lie flatwise as nearly as possible within the combined thicknesses of the overlapping portions of the belt and also to display as little as possible of the buckle in symmetrical rectangular form.

Other objects and uses relating to specific parts of the buckle will be brought out in the following description.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of a belt with my improved buckle in operative position.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional View taken on line 33, Fig. 1.

Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of the base plate and slide plate constituting the two elements of the buckle.

Figs. 6 and 7 are longitudinal sectional views, similar to Fig. 2, of the same buckle showing different methods of threading the belt therethrough,

As illustrated, this buckle comprises a base plate 1- and a slide plate -2, each plate being provided near its ends with transverse slots -3- and 3-, the plate l having its opposite longitudinal edges provided with lengthwise flanges 4coverhanging the adjacent portions of the main body to form lengthwise grooves -5 which are open at one end, but are closed at their opposite ends by abutments 6- forming integral parts of the flanges and plate.

The main body of the plate -1- is flat and approximately rectangular so that the flanges or ribs 4 are practically parallel, the ends of the main body being extended relatively short distances beyond the corresponding ends of said flanges which in turn extend beyond the slots --3 in the opposite ends of the main body, to more elfoctively hold the ends of the plate 2- against springing away from the plate lwhen the buckle is adjusted on the belt ready for use.

The slide plate -2 is of approximately the same width as the main body of the base plate 1, but is somewhat shorter than said base plate so that when mounted thereon in sliding interlocking engagement with the flanges 4-, its slots 3 will be out of registration with or mainly beyond the inner edges of the slots 3 so that the portions of the belt passing through said slots of either plate will not interfere with those portions which pass through the slots of the other plate, thus permitting the main bodies of both plates to lie close together, except for the single thickness of belt between them, as shown in Fig. 2, in which the plates are substantially parallel.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the opposite ends of the belt, as -A, are passed across the inner faces of the opposite ends of their respective buckle sections or plates 1- and 2-, and thence outwardly through the slots therein and along the outer faces of the main portions of the bodies between said slots so that when the plates are assembled by sliding interlocking engagement of the plate -2 with the flanges L of the plate --1, the portion of the belt between the slots -3 will be impinged between the adjacent faces of both plates, while the portions of the belt at the outer sides of the slots 3 will be impinged between the opposite ends of both plates.

The end of the belt passing through the slots 3 extends beyond the abutment 6-, while the other end of the belt extends in the opposite direction beyond the adjacent end of the plate 2 so that any tendency to expand the belt when adjusted for use is resisted by the abutments 6 engaging the adjacent end of the slide plate 2-, and yet the buckle sections may be readily detached one from the other by simply drawing both ends of the belt in opposite directions until the plate 2- is withdrawn from the flanges When the buckle sections are thus separated, the ends of the belt may be readily drawn through the slots of their respective plates for readjustment to conform to any different girth.

When the belt is properly readjusted in one or both of the sections 1 and the latter may be reassembled in the manner previously described, and when so assembled the portion of the belt between the slots '3 lies wholly between the slots 3 and portions of the belt extending therethrough which serve in a measure to retain the ends of the belt and buckle sec tions against accidental displacement.

In Fig, 6, one end of the belt is shown as extended across the outer faces of opposite ends of the section 2 and then along the inner face of said plate or section between the slots 3.

In Fig. 7, the plates of the buckle are merely reversed from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The manner of assembling the ends of the belt upon their respective buckle plates and of slidably interlocking said plates one with the other, as hereinbefore described, is found to be effective for all ordinary purposes, but if for any reason either end of the belt should tend to slip relatively to its cor- Copies of this patent may be obtained for responding buckle section, this may be obviated by providingsaid section with one or more teeth or spurs 7 struck up therefrom so as to embed itself in the belt under strain, as shown more clearly in Figs. 2 and 5.

What I claim is:

A belt buckle composed of two substantially flat sheet metal plates detachably slidable lengthwise one upon the other and provided with cooperative means for holding them against lateral displacement, each plate having a pair of slots, one near each end, the portion of each plate between its slots being of considerably greater area than that of either slot, in combination with a belt having one end slidable through the slots of one plate, the other end of said belt being slidable through both slots of the other plate and across the intervening portion thereof. 7

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of May, 1918.

ADELAIDE W. WHITE. Witnesses:

H. E. CHASE, ALICE M. CANNON.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

